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Radio Remote Control Using DTMF

This circuit uses radio frequency signals and DTMF tones to remotely control electrical appliances from different areas within a house. The remote control unit contains a DTMF generator and FM transmitter circuit to send the DTMF tones, which are received by an FM receiver and decoded. The decoded tones are converted to a binary code that switches relays on and off, controlling up to four appliances. The design differs from infrared remote controls by using radio signals, allowing control from anywhere line-of-sight is not required.

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Radio Remote Control Using DTMF

This circuit uses radio frequency signals and DTMF tones to remotely control electrical appliances from different areas within a house. The remote control unit contains a DTMF generator and FM transmitter circuit to send the DTMF tones, which are received by an FM receiver and decoded. The decoded tones are converted to a binary code that switches relays on and off, controlling up to four appliances. The design differs from infrared remote controls by using radio signals, allowing control from anywhere line-of-sight is not required.

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Radio Remote Control using DTMF 

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H ere is a circuit of a remote control unit which makes use of the radio frequency signals to
control various electrical appliances. This remote control unit has 4 channels which can be easily
extended to 12. This circuit differs from similar circuits in view of its simplicity and a totally
different concept of generating the control signals. Usually remote control circuits make use of
infrared light to transmit control signals. Their use is thus limited to a very confined area and line-
of-sight. However, this circuit makes use of radio frequency to transmit the control signals and
hence it can be used for control from almost anywhere in the house. Here we make use of DTMF
(dual-tone multi frequency) signals (used in telephones to dial the digits) as the control codes. The
DTMF tones are used for frequency modulation of the carrier. At the receiver unit, these frequency
modulated signals are intercepted to obtain DTMF tones at the speaker terminals. This DTMF
signal is connected to a DTMF-to-BCD converter whose BCD output is used to switch-on and
switch-off various electrical applicances (4 in this case). The remote control transmitter consists
of DTMF generator and an FM transmitter circuit. For generating the DTMF frequencies, a
dedicated IC UM91214B (which is used as a dialler IC in telephone instruments) is used here. This
IC requires 3 volts for its operation. This is provided by a simple zener diode voltage regulator
which converts 9 volts into 3 volts for use by this IC. For its time base, it requires a quartz crystal
of 3.58 MHz which is easily available from electronic component shops. Pins 1 and 2 are used as
chip select and DTMF mode select pins respectively. When the row and column pins (12 and 15)
are shorted to each other, DTMF tones corresponding to digit 1 are output from its pin 7. Similarly,
pins 13, 16 and 17 are additionally required to dial digits 2, 4 and 8. Rest of the pins of this IC may
be left as they are. The output of IC1 is given to the input of this transmitter circuit which
effectively frequency modulates the carrier and transmits it in the air. The carrier frequency is
determined by coil L1 and trimmer capacitor VC1 (which may be adjusted for around 100MHz
operation). An antenna of 10 to 15 cms (4 to 6 inches) length will be sufficient to provide adequate
range. The antenna is also necessary because the transmitter unit has to be housed in a metallic
cabinet to protect the frequency drift caused due to stray EM fields. Four key switches (DPST
push-to-on spring loaded) are required to transmit the desired DTMF tones. The switches when
pressed generate the specific tone pairs as well as provide power to the transmitter circuit
simultaneously. This way when the transmitter unit is not in use it consumes no power at all and
the battery lasts much longer. The receiver unit consists of an FM receiver (these days simple and
inexpensive FM kits are readily available in the market which work exceptionally well), a DTMF-to-
BCD converter and a flip-flop toggling latch section. The frequency modulated DTMF signals are
received by the FM receiver and the output (DTMF tones) are fed to the dedicated IC KT3170 which
is a DTMF-to-BCD converter. This IC when fed with the DTMF tones gives corresponding BCD
output; for example, when digit 1 is pressed, the output is 0001 and when digit 4 is pressed the
output is 0100. This IC also requires a 3.58MHz crystal for its operation. The tone input is
connected to its pin 2 and the BCD outputs are taken from pins 11 to 14 respectively. These
outputs are fed to 4 individual �D� flip-flop latches which have been converted into toggle flip-
flops built around two CD4013B ICs. Whenever a digit is pressed, the receiver decodes it and gives
a clock pulse which is used to toggle the corresponding flip-flop to the alternate state. The flip-flop
output is used to drive a relay which in turn can latch or unlatch any electrical appliance. We can
upgrade the circuit to control as many as 12 channels since IC UM91214B can generates 12 DTMF
tones. For this purpose some modification has to be done in receiver unit and also in between IC2
and toggle flip-flop section in the receiver. A 4-to-16 lines demultiplexer (IC 74154) has to be used
and the number of toggle flip-flops have also to be increased to 12 from the existing 4

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